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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1917
Died
June 2, 1969
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Leo Bernard Gorcey
Leo Gorcey
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Leo Gorcey's parents were actor Bernard Gorcey (born 1888) who stood 4' 10", and Josephine Condon (born 1901), who stood 4' 11" and weighed 95 pounds; they worked in vaudeville in New York. In 1915, 14-year-old Josephine gave birth to Fred. In 1917, Leo was born, a large baby at 12 lb. 3 oz.; as an adult he would be 5' 6". In 1921 his brother David Gorcey was born. In 1935, Leo and David appeared in the stage play "Dead End." In 1937, this was made into a movie, and Leo became one of the busiest actors for the next 20 years -- from 1937-1939 he starred in seven Dead End Kids movies, from 1940-1945 in 21 East Side Kids films, from 1946-1956 in 41 Bowery Boys movies. In 1939, Leo married 17-year-old dancer Kay Marvis, who appeared in four of his movies. They divorced in 1944 after five years of marriage; she went on to marry Groucho Marx. In 1945, Leo married Evalene Bankston; they divorced in 1948. Leo was to have paid her $50,000 in a divorce settlement; however, when two detectives she hired broke into his home, he retaliated by firing his gun at them. They sued, and Leo countersued for illegal entry and won $35,000 back. In 1949, Leo married Amelita Ward, whom he met while filming Smugglers' Cove (1948). Their marriage produced Leo Gorcey Jr. in 1949, and a baby girl they named Jan (after Leo's producer and manager, Jan Grippo) in 1951. They divorced in 1956. That year Leo married his young nanny, Brandy, who was taking care of his two kids. They had a baby girl, Brandy Jo, in 1958. The couple divorced in 1962. Leo went to the altar one last time in February, 1968, marrying Mary Gannon. He stayed married to her until his death from liver failure on June 2, 1969, in Oakland, California.
Known For
8.0
(archive footage)
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020
0.0
Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
10.0
Muggs (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
0.0
The East Side Kids (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
3.2
Leo Gorcey
The Phynx
1970
4.5
Leo
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
1966
7.0
First Cab Driver
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
7.5
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
4.6
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Crashing Las Vegas
1956
Credits
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
as (archive footage)
2020
8.0
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Muggs McGinnis (archive footage)
2007
0.0
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Muggs (archive footage)
1991
10.0
Classic Comedy Teams
as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
1986
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
The Phynx
as Leo Gorcey
1970
3.2
Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar
as Leo
1966
4.5
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as First Cab Driver
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Crashing Las Vegas
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1956
4.6
Dig That Uranium
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1955
2.7
Jail Busters
as Slip Mahoney
1955
6.0
Spy Chasers
as Slip Mahoney
1955
7.0
High Society
as Slip Mahoney
1955
5.0
Bowery to Bagdad
as Slip Mahoney
1955
6.1
Jungle Gents
as 'Slip' Mahoney
1954
4.0
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
as Slip Mahoney
1954
5.2
Paris Playboys
as Slip Mahoney
1954
4.0
Private Eyes
as Slip Mahoney
1953
7.5
Clipped Wings
as Slip Mahoney
1953
0.0
Loose in London
as Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
1953
5.1
Jalopy
as Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1953
4.6
No Holds Barred
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1952
5.0
Feudin' Fools
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1952
4.0
Here Come the Marines
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1952
6.0
Hold That Line
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1952
6.0
Crazy Over Horses
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1951
5.5
Let's Go Navy!
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1951
7.0
Ghost Chasers
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1951
6.6
Bowery Battalion
as Slip Mahoney
1951
8.0
Blues Busters
as Slip Mahoney
1950
5.5
Triple Trouble
as Slip Mahoney
1950
6.2
Lucky Losers
as Slip Mahoney
1950
6.1
Blonde Dynamite
as Slip Mahoney
1950
5.0
Master Minds
as Slip Mahoney
1949
6.0
Angels in Disguise
as Slip Mahoney
1949
5.3
Hold That Baby!
as Slip Mahoney
1949
5.0
Fighting Fools
as Slip Mahoney
1949
5.0
Trouble Makers
as Slip Mahoney
1948
5.7
Smuggler's Cove
as Slip Mahoney
1948
4.7
Jinx Money
as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
1948
4.8
So This Is New York
as Sid Mercer
1948
6.0
Angels' Alley
as Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
1948
4.0
Bowery Buckaroos
as Slip Mahoney
1947
6.5
News Hounds
as Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
1947
6.0
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1947
6.4
Mr. Hex
as Slip Mahoney
1946
6.7
Spook Busters
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1946
4.8
Bowery Bombshell
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1946
6.0
In Fast Company
as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
1946
6.3
Live Wires
as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
1946
5.4
Come Out Fighting
as Muggs McGinnis
1945
7.0
Midnight Manhunt
as Clutch Tracy
1945
4.5
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Muggs McGinnis
1945
5.0
Docks of New York
as Muggs McGinnis
1945
6.0
Bowery Champs
as Muggs McGinnis
1944
7.0
Block Busters
as Muggs McGinnis
1944
0.0
Follow the Leader
as Muggs McGinnis
1944
2.7
Million Dollar Kid
as Muggs McGinnis
1944
5.8
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as Muggs McGinnis
1943
0.0
Destroyer
as Seaman Sarecky
1943
6.6
Ghosts on the Loose
as Muggs McGinnis
1943
4.2
Clancy Street Boys
as Muggs McGinnis
1943
5.8
Kid Dynamite
as Muggs McGinnis
1943
6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Muggs McGinnis
1942
6.1
Smart Alecks
as Muggs McGinnis
1942
5.2
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Cecil
1942
6.5
Let's Get Tough
as Muggs McGinnis
1942
4.8
Sunday Punch
as 'Biff'
1942
5.0
Mr. Wise Guy
as Muggs McGinnis
1942
6.1
Born to Sing
as 'Snap' Collins
1942
5.0
Spooks Run Wild
as Muggs McGinnis
1941
4.9
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Muggs McGinnis
1941
5.8
Down in San Diego
as 'Snap' Collins
1941
5.5
Out of the Fog
as Eddie
1941
6.2
Angels with Broken Wings
as Punchy Dorsey
1941
3.7
Flying Wild
as Muggs McGinnis
1941
5.8
Pride of the Bowery
as Muggs Maloney
1940
6.0
Gallant Sons
as Doc Reardon
1940
7.2
Hullabaloo
as Apartment House Bellhop
1940
4.0
That Gang of Mine
as Muggs Maloney
1940
5.5
Boys of the City
as Muggs McGinnis
1940
5.0
Invisible Stripes
as Jimmy
1939
6.1
Private Detective
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1939
6.0
On Dress Parade
as Slip Duncan
1939
6.5
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Leo Finnegan
1939
6.4
Hell's Kitchen
as Gyp Haller
1939
6.2
They Made Me a Criminal
as Spit
1939
6.1
Swingtime in the Movies
as Crime School Kid (uncredited)
1938
5.9
Angels with Dirty Faces
as Bim
1938
7.5
Crime School
as Charles 'Spike' Hawkins
1938
6.3
The Beloved Brat
as Spike Matz
1938
6.4
Mannequin
as Clifford Cassidy
1938
5.9
Headin' East
as Boy Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
1937
0.0
Portia on Trial
as Joe Gannow
1937
5.4
Dead End
as Spit
1937
7.0